Children and Adolescents Category

Revitalizing Special Education for Children and Their Families: A New Era

4 CE Hours
144 members have taken this course

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About the Course

The information in this course is designed to provide ideas on ways to improve and revitalize special education for children and their families. It is a synthesis of the thoughts, suggestions, and wisdom of more than 100 recognized special education experts, including parents, medical researchers, individuals with disabilities, teachers, and others possessing special education expertise. Issues addressed include assessment, accountability, parental empowerment, teacher preparation, paperwork reduction, increased flexibility of regulations, and special education research.

This course is based on the reading online article, Revitalizing Special Education for Children and Their Families: A New Era created by U.S. Department of Education Staff

Publication Details

Journal/Publisher: U.S. Department of Education
Publication Date: July 2002

Course Material Author

U.S. Department of Education Staff

U.S. Department of Education Staff authored the material only, and was not involved in creating this CE course. They are identified here for your own evaluation of the relevancy of the material this course is based on.

Course Creator

Keith Gibson, Ph.D.

Target Audience

This course is recommended for education and health care professionals, especially school psychologists, school counselors, social workers, administrators, teachers, and nurses who seek knowledge about strategies for revitalizing special education for children and their families.. It is appropriate for an intermediate level of participants' knowledge.

Learning Objectives

After taking this course, you should be able to:

  1. 1 Identify areas of particular concern regarding the current state of special education.
  2. 2 Describe proposed ways of increasing flexibility in special education programs.
  3. 3 Explain the roles that assessment, financing, and parental empowerment will play in a revitalized special education system.
  4. 4 Illustrate how teacher preparation, training, and retention can be improved.
  5. 5 Cite examples of proposed reforms in research and the dissemination of information regarding special education.

Disclosure to Learners

CE Learning Systems adheres to the ACCME's Standards for Integrity and Independence in Accredited Continuing Medical Education. Any individuals in a position to control the content of a CE activity – including faculty, planners, reviewers, or others ― are required to disclose all relevant financial relationships with ineligible entities (formerly known as commercial interests).

The following relevant financial relationships have been disclosed by this activity's planners, faculty, and the reviewer:

Planners and Reviewers

The planners of this activity have reported that they have no relevant financial relationships.

Material Authors

Any relevant financial disclosures for course material authors can be found in the article.

Course Creator

Keith Gibson, Ph.D. – There are no known relevant financial relationships to disclose.

Commercial support

There is no commercial support for this distance-learning course.

$36

Course Details

4 CE Hours
Reading Online
Course 101071

Availability

This course is retired. It is no longer available.

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